Archive for April, 2004

04-04-15

Tags: Original URL: http://doc.tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php?page_ref_id=10
Original Title: TikiWiki : Windows

Just installed Tiki 1.8.2 on my server http://www.garyfeng.com/tiki. The installation was ok, although is not without glitches.

The tikiadmin logon/password does not work. I had to use the root logon to get into MySQL.
after intallation it returned blank pages if I tried to access the website. Tried to re-run the […]

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04-04-15

Tags: Original URL: http://www.pbs.org/parents/issuesadvice/reading_language.html
Original Title: PBS Parents . Issues & Advice . Reading & Language | PBS
 
A good mixture of science and myths, but as good a job as media can do.

 
Talking & Reading TogetherActivities, reading milestones and more
Recommended BooksGreat books on a variety of topics from the American Library Association
Ages & StagesReading and […]

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04-04-15

Tags: Original URL: http://www.pbs.org/parents/issuesadvice/talkingandreading/
Original Title: PBS Parents . Talking & Reading Together | PBS

Learn how children become readers and writers and how YOU can help them develop by talking, reading, and writing together every day. 

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04-04-15

Tags: Original URL: http://www.pbs.org/parents/community/ask_the_expertSept03.html#
Original Title: PBS Parents . Community . Ask Our Guest | PBS
 
What features in these books are supposed to help with phonological awareness?

Books to help with phonemic awarenessSusan from Fort Worth, TX writes:  Who are some of your favorite authors of children´s literature? Are there any books that promote phonemic awareness? Dear Susan,There are […]

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04-04-15

Tags: Original URL: http://hdcs.fullerton.edu/ElEd/Faculty/Slowik.html
Original Title: Hallie Yopp Slowik

Dr. Hallie Yopp Slowik

Dr. Hallie Yopp Slowik is Graduate Coordinator of the Bilingual/Bicultural Education and Elementary Curriculum and Instruction concentrations in the Masters of Science degrees in Education. She also is Co-Director of the Teacher Track Project, funded by the CSU Chancellor´s Office, which has as its goal […]

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04-04-15

Tags: Original URL: http://www.pbs.org/parents/community/ask_the_expertSept03.html
Original Title: PBS Parents . Community . Ask Our Guest | PBS
 
 

Dr. Hallie Yopp You Asked Hallie AboutWhat is phonemic awareness?Is bilingualism a disadvantage?When kids begin to recognize wordsHelping kindergartners readBeating the “reading is boring” bluesBooks to help with phonemic awarenessHelping kids who stutterSparking an interest in reading
What is phonemic awareness?Tom from Anaheim, […]

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04-04-14

Tags: Original URL: http://tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php?page=LearningManagementSystemDev
Original Title: TikiWiki : LearningManagementSystemDev
 
Looks like Tiki has long had an interest in e-learning. That´s a promising sign.

Status/RoadMapWe want Tiki to become a good E-learning tool. We are currently building a team to make this happen. Synonyms / buzzwords:

Computer Aided Instruction (CAI)
E-learning portal
E-education
Curriculum management system
Course Website Software
Learning Content Management System (LCMS)
Computer-supported collaborative […]

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04-04-14

Tags: Original URL: http://tikiwiki.org/tiki-index.php?page=InstallEasyPhpAndTiki&comments_threshold=0&comments_offset=0&comments_sort_mode=points_desc&comments_maxComments=10&comments_parentId=5040#threadId5063
Original Title: TikiWiki : InstallEasyPhpAndTiki
 
Tiki seems to be a combination of Wiki, MoveableType, and PostNuke, which should be ideal for my lab and personal pages. I am in particular looking for an integrated tool that allows wiki-like creation of flatly linked pages, blog-like daily updates, and postnuke like community features.
 
I like the way […]

">Tiki again.
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04-04-14

Tags: Original URL: http://chicagoiands.org/Induction_of_ADCs_html
Original Title: The Induction of After-Death Communications Utilizing Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: A New Discovery
 
Still don´t understand what eye movements have to do with ADC…

The Induction of After-Death Communications Utilizing Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: A New Discovery
Allan L. Botkin, Psy.D.
ABSTRACT: A number of authors have described after-death communications […]

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04-04-13

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">Dyslexia in Japanese, Chinese and English
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04-04-13

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">ORACLE BONES; LETTER FROM CHINA
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04-04-12

Tags: Original URL: http://www.psycinfo.com/psycarticles/index.cfm?fuseaction=toc&jrn=met&vol=9&iss=1
Original Title: APA PsycARTICLES Direct - Journal Contents
 
This makes a lot of sense — infant who show large variance in response are more likely to be judged as “habituated” based on a simple threshold.

Habituation Assessment in Infancy.by Thomas, Hoben; Gilmore, Rick O.from Psychological Methods. 2004 Mar Vol 9(1) 70-92Infant-control habituation methodology, although […]

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04-04-10

Tags: Original URL: http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/hayes/GLA/index.htm
Original Title: Empirical Tests of the Gradual Learning Algorithm

Empirical Tests of the Gradual Learning Algorithm
Paul Boersma, University of AmsterdamBruce Hayes, UCLA
Published 2001:  Linguistic Inquiry 32: 45-86.   Downloadable copy is the final prepublication version, July 2000.
Abstract
The Gradual Learning Algorithm (Boersma 1997) is a constraint ranking algorithm for learning Optimality-theoretic grammars.  The purpose of […]

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04-04-10

Tags: Original URL: http://www.webmedicineman.com/medicine/ling/rcd/
Original Title: Recursive Constraint Demotion online
 
Online demo of OT Constraint Demotion algorithm, but where is the source?

 
Recursive Constraint Demotion online
This is an online implementation of Recursive Constraint Demotion, an algorithm described in Prince and Tesar (1999) and Tesar and Smolensky (1996) to rank Optimality Theory grammars.

 
Upload file structure
You can upload comma-separated files […]

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04-04-09

Tags: Original URL: http://www.brookespublishing.com/store/books/mccardle-6725/index.htm
Original Title: The Voice of Evidence in Reading Research (McCardle & Chhabra)
 
Ordered a desk copy. It seems very interesting that they put these up front on the page:
 

The Voice of Evidence in Reading ResearchEdited by Peggy McCardle, Ph.D., M.P.H., & Vinita Chhabra, M.Ed.
ORDERING INFOISBN 1-55766-672-5Hardcover528 pages / 6 x 92004 / […]

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04-04-08

Tags: Original URL: http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/hayes/learning/index.htm
Original Title: Materials on automated phonology learning

Automated Learning of Phonology and Morphology
Adam Albright        Bruce Hayes
Department of Linguistics, UCLA

Background
Text Material
Data Files
Software

Background
Phonologists seek to model human phonological competence, specifically the ability of humans to develop elaborate rule systems on the basis of extended, but haphazard, exposure to input data.  
Most […]

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04-04-08

Tags: Original URL: http://www.let.uu.nl/~Rene.Kager/personal/ReneKager.htm
Original Title: Optimality Theory

 

dr. R.W.J. Kager

E-mail
Rene.Kager@let.uu.nl

Onderdeel
Inst. Vreemde Talen / Engels

Functie
senior docent onderzoeker

Post adres
Trans 10<BR>3512 JK Utrecht

Kamer
0.09

Telefoon
8064

Personal page/Persoonlijke pagina

Selected publications

Home | Published | Forthcoming | Volumes edited
         Kager, Ren (2001), Optimality Theory. Chinese edition, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, Beijing.
         Kager, Ren & Carlos Gussenhoven (2001), “Introduction: phonetics in phonology”, […]

">Rene Kager:: Optimality Theory & Phonological acquisition

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04-04-08

Tags: Original URL: http://www.let.uu.nl/~Rene.Kager/personal/OT_Course.htm
Original Title: Optimality Theory
 
Now here is a (great) start! The course was 2001-2002. Needs update.

Optimality Theory and Phonological Acquisition
Ren Kager
Utrecht institute of Linguistics OTS
Trans 10, room 0.09
rene.kager@let.uu.nl
030-2538064
 
Course description: This seminar in OT focusses on phonological acquisition and learnability issues. Readings represent recent developments in the field, and are grouped in weekly themes. Lecture-style […]

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04-04-08

Tags: Original URL: http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/404361.html
Original Title: Barbara Handford Bernhardt & Joseph P. Stemberger, Handbook of Phonological Development: From the Perspective of ConstraintBased Nonlinear Phonology. San Diego: Academic Press. 1998. xiii 793 pp. (ResearchIndex)
 
The Handbook (not this review) seems to be close to what I wanted for an OT for reading/spelling. Of course, Richard Sproat´s “Computational theory of […]

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04-04-08

Tags: Original URL: http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/legendre00optimalitytheoretic.html
Original Title: An Optimality-Theoretic Model of Acquisition of Tense and Agreement in French (ResearchIndex)
 
I am looking for a starting point for an OT-like model for reading and spelling development. Pretty sure this is not it, but …

An Optimality-Theoretic Model of Acquisition of Tense and Agreement in French (2000)  (Make Corrections)  Graldine Legendre, Paul Hagstrom, M. […]

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